Ze'ev Segal

Professor Ze'ev Segal is the senior legal commentator for Haaretz newspaper, and a member of its editorial board. His articles focus on Supreme Court judgments and legal issues of vital public importance.

An associate professor of law at Tel Aviv University, Segal is also an observer on The Israeli Press Council, chairperson of the Israel Diaspora Forum at the World Zionist Organization and co-chairperson of the Forum of Law and Society. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and a PhD in Law from Tel Aviv University.

Segal is the author of five books on law, including The Right to Know in the Light of the Freedom of Information Act, and Freedom of the Press: Between Myth and Reality.

Never before has a president in the democratic world been found guilty of such deeds; the charges in the indictment have been proven beyond reasonable doubt, essentially beyond any form of doubt at all.

It should be recalled that the decision to convict MK Tzachi Hanegbi of perjured testimony and filing a false affidavit was only supported by two of the three judges in his case rather than by unanimous decision.

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